Authors Note: Wow, thank you all so much for all the feed back on the first chapter! Means a lot to me that people liked it! My updates will be short usually, but I will try and update more then once a week, and if I don't, its probably because Im busy. I write on another website and everyone hates that my updates are so short, but I try my best.

Heres the next update for you guys! I hope you like it, the story will pick up more next chapter and such! Thanks for reading!

Shelby linked hands with the little girl, smiling softly though the unshed tears in her eyes as the girl leaned into her side. Rachel knew better than to trust random people, her daddies told her that she should never talk to anyone that she didn't know, not like she knew many people other than her dads and their business managers, but something was with this woman, she seemed so open to help her, and Rachel liked it.

Inside Shelbys apartment building, she said hello to the man at the desk, avoiding the couple people in the lobby she'd usually talk to, before heading towards the elevator, usually, she'd take the stairs, but with a tired child beside her, she assumed the girl would rather go up using the elevator.

Rachel fidgeted uncomfortably inside the moving box as the woman, she hadn't learned her name yet, held onto her hand. The little girl was slightly scared and squeezed the womans hand a little tighter, catching Shelbys attention.

"Its okay, sweetie, we'll be at my apartment in no time, then well get you cleaned up." Shelby explained to the frightened child. She knew she had some of her nieces clothing somewhere in the apartment, although she was sure the eight year olds clothing would fit the tiny girl.

"Okay, miss." Rachel whimpered out softly towards the woman towering above her. The elevator came to a stop at the fifth floor and Shelby opened the keypad, typing the security number for her apartment. Shelby lead the girl into her apartment and Rachel was in awe, she had never seen this big of an apartment before, her dads house was even smaller than this place and she was convinced that both of her houses, her dads and her foster parents houses could fit just in Shelbys living room.

"Woah, its so big in here." The little girl said as Shelby put her keys and purse down on the table by the door. She watched with a smile as Rachel turned in circles to look around the whole apartment. She could see the girl a lot better in the bright lights of her apartment that she could outside and was a little alarmed by the small scratches down the girls neck and across her visible collar bones.

"Thank you, sweetie, c'mere, take off your coat." Shelby replied to the girls comment and bent down, opening and closing her fingers at the girl. Rachel seemed defensive and instantly had her hands around the top of her coat, shaking her head with a slight scowl on her face.

"Can I have it back later?" Rachel asked, taking one step back from Shelby and the woman frowned, nodding her head at the child

"Of course you can, I was just going to wash it so its all clean and smells nice." Rachel was content with that idea and proceeded to unzip her jacket and hand it to Shelby with shaking hands. She wrapped her hands around her arms, it was warm in the apartment but she was still cold. Shelby took the jacket and stood up, extending her hand out to the child again with a smile. Rachel took it and followed the lady she didn't even know down past the big kitchen and dining room to a huge bathroom connected to a bedroom by a door. There was a washing machine and a dryer sat in a small opening by the door.

"How about a shower, kiddo?" The woman asked Rachel and she nodded, she hadn't had a shower or a bath in a while, since her foster parents didn't like wasting all the warm water, so she was told to wash up in the sink, which she didn't like.

"Yes, p-please." Rachel said, her teeth starting to chatter. Shelby frowned and reached into her glass shower, turning on the hot water and testing it the way her older sister had taught her when her niece was younger. When Shelby thought the water was a good temperature, she turned back to the freezing little girl sitting in the middle of her bathroom.

"Do you want some help getting undressed?" She asked the little girl and Rachel nodded, uncrossing her arms and holding them up slightly. Shelby couldn't help let a small smile shine through as she thought, sadly, about doing this with her little girl.

"My name is Shelby, by the way, sweetie." Shelby told the girl as she reached behind her and undid the buttons on the back of the dirty white dress, letting it fall to the ground. Shelby grimaced at the sight of the childs panties, they were white once but now covered in dirt. The small pair of panties was too tight on the little girls hips and small holes lined the sides of them. Once Rachel had stripped from all the ideas, the little girl was too young to feel embarrassed being naked, Shelby took them all in her hand and threw them into the washer.

She started a longer wash session and threw in some scent beads with the three ideas. Rachel stepped out of her shoes and pushed them to the side, fiddling with her fingers as she watched Shelby.

"Okay, Rachel, I have some shampoo and things for you to use, do you want any help?" Shelby asked Rachel as the water ran in the background. She opened the shower and placed a bottle of childrens shampoo as well as the body wash her nieces and nephews use while visiting her.

Rachel was still in awe of this place, and this woman, she was so nice to her and she seemed like she would be a good mother, something Rachel never got to experience, but wanted and wants greatly.

"Rachel?" Shelby asked when the little girl never replied and it shook the little girl from her thoughts. She shook her head and Shelby sent her a reassuring smile to the girl, holding open the shower door. Rachel took a couple steps forward and got into the warm water, sighing softly as the water hit her back, it felt really good.

"Im going to go make you something to eat, are you hungry?" Shelby asked, wanting to get right to talking to this little girl, what was her dad's last night? How old was she? Whens her birthday?

Rachel was a little hesitant to say yes, since she was told to never ask for food with her foster parents, but nodding her head at the woman she had just met. Shelby met her eyes and smiled softly, closing the glass shower door for the girl.

"Ill leave this door open, call for me if you need me, sweets." Shelby told her and Rachel nodded, running her head under the water. Shelby went into the hallway and took a deep breath, closing her eyes for a second before going into the kitchen and grabbing a pot, hopefully the girl liked Kraft Dinner.